Ester Ried

, and had thus far gone side by side. It was a quiet October Sabbath afternoon. The twins had a great deal of business on hand during the week, and the Sabbath-school lesson used

Sadie, too, was there, carrying on a whispered conversation with Minnie, who was snugged close in her arms, and merry bursts of laughter

te thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also," read Julia,

if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have

't, if the Bible said y

g, unconsciously, the well-known argument of all who have

wicked old fellows who lived befo

t it all means. I wish mother would come home. I wonder

hem that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitef

ic was going on, "won't you tell us about our lesson? We don't understa

le this minute than I do. Mother was too busy taking care of yo

f a man strikes you on one cheek

"and, 'If anybody takes your coa

ls your mittens, as that Bush girl did yours last winter, Ju

you don't ev

shouldn't satisfy her, you had better take of

ow can you teach those

errupted Alfred. "I guess I ain't such

abilities Julia, I'll tell you the truth;" and for a moment her laughing face grew sober. "I don't know the least thing about it

ble here," she said, gravely. "Now what is the matter? I

he hasn't got back from Mrs. Vincent's; and I do

t be impertinent. Julia, wh

cheek, how he must let them strik

st be good and kind to them; and, when a boy knocks down another,

ptuously, "I never saw th

aughty, quarrelsome fellows, who

true what Sadie said about me giving my shoes and stoc

to you. That is about men going to law. Mother will

. "What does that verse mean

enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,

ple are ugly to you, and act as though they hated you, you must

r us to love people who are ugl

cour

t we, if God says so?

in her most roguish tone. "I'm glad

those who loved Jesus were struggling, in a weak feeble way, to obey these directions; that she herself was trying, trying hard sometimes; that they ought to. But there was this against Ester-her whole life was so at variance with those

ke the children as irreverent as I was myse

ore Sadie, as she sat alone in the si

e one verse in the Bible w

ped at some chapter in Numbers-the thirtieth, I think it is, isn't it? or somew

the stand before them, and read aloud: "Ye

, what ever possessed you to think

hat a solemn

kely; wh

en the children came to you for

e you were benefited." Then, more gravely: "Dr. Van Anden, do

not giving the children wrong ideas c

be Christians do not live according to our Savior's teaching. At least I don't see any who do; and it sometimes seems to me that

Bible leaves again, and pointed with his

you is holy, so be ye holy i

he went out

, could not but understand that she mig